Viterbi SchoolNews

A Hackathon for Women by Women

April 19, 2019

USC students changing hacking culture from competitive to collaborative.

A New Dawn

April 8, 2019

Project SUNRISE encourages USC Viterbi and other students to leverage their technical and entrepreneurial skills to help community members in need.

USC Viterbi Teams Shine at MEPC

April 5, 2019

From an all-women undergraduate team to teams comprised of Ph.D. students, the ninth rendition of the business model competition brings new meaning to engineering innovation.

Creating safer waterways with driverless ships

April 4, 2019

Researchers develop an autonomous ship guidance system using probabilistic modeling and AI

Can aircraft engines benefit from turbulence?

April 3, 2019

In a prestigious summer program at Stanford University, Viterbi PhD students collaborate with leading researchers in their field to study airplane engines

Making a zero-emissions fuel even more effective

April 2, 2019

Researchers study how to get even more out of hydrogen fuel to improve engine efficiency

How to Make Self-Driving Cars Safer on Roads

March 28, 2019

USC computer science researchers develop a new way to test machine learning algorithms that control self-driving cars

Ready for Launch: Students Deliver USC’s Third CubeSat Satellite

March 25, 2019

USC Viterbi students get hands-on with spacecraft hardware, successfully delivering a CubeSat mini-satellite for launch into Earth’s low orbit.

The Future of Med-Tech Innovation in Just 48 Hours

March 21, 2019

Engineering students teamed up for the annual ASBME Makeathon, creating new assistive devices for Parkinson’s patients over the course of one weekend.

From Deep Sea Mining To Genetic Engineering

March 13, 2019

A newly launched USC Viterbi online publication – believed to be the first student-run engineering ethics magazine in the country – examines some of the major issues of our day.

A “Post-Antibiotic World?”

March 6, 2019

Antibiotic resistance is spreading from wastewater treatment plants

Helping The Homeless

February 8, 2019

USC Viterbi writing students offer engineering solutions to a local provider of homeless services to improve operations.

Broke your shoe? What if it could repair itself?

February 5, 2019

USC Viterbi faculty and students develop a 3D-printed material that can repair itself all on its own.

Student Wins HackLA Mobility with App to Solve LA Traffic Woes

January 29, 2019

Jake Beaudin and his team created the app in 24 hours. They recently launched it to the tech industry at CES Las Vegas and will soon present it in Germany.

A Star Is Born…With C Programming And Robots.

January 9, 2019

With donor support, USC Viterbi’s Robotics and Coding Academy provides computer science education to local elementary schools

The Fleischer Prize in Green Technology

January 7, 2019

USC Viterbi Students encouraged to apply

Helping USC’s Homeless

December 18, 2018

USC Viterbi’s Sandeep Suresh helped build a website that provides invaluable information to USC’s hidden hungry and homeless population.

2018 AME Senior Project Showcase

December 17, 2018

Undergraduate students enrolled in AME 441A show off their semester’s work

Students investigate a microscopic community

December 13, 2018

Undergraduates in an environmental engineering microbiology course use brand-new lab space to study their own microbiomes

Students 3D print rocket engine

December 6, 2018

The Liquid Propulsion Lab successfully tested the world’s first 3D printed rocket engine made entirely on campus

9th Annual Electrical Engineering Research Festival

December 5, 2018

On November 9th, the Ming Hsieh Institute hosted the department’s biggest annual event – the Electrical Engineering Research Festival. 100 PhD students presented their research to Industry leaders from 27 companies.